When I was small I didn't really know what i was doing. I just sang and it came out sounding pretty good. I just do it and it happens.

To give someone a piece of your heart, is worth more than all the wealth in the world.

Don't be afraid to be different.

If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change.

Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth.

Heal the World, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race, there are people dying, if you care enough for the living, make a better place for you and for me.

No one should judge what I've done with my life, not unless they've been in my shoes every horrible day and every sleepless night.

The deeper I go into myself, the stronger I become, because I realize that my real self is much bigger than any fear.

I don't care if the whole world is against you or teasing you or saying you are not gonna make it. Believe in yourself, no matter what.

Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.

Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being.

I have to serve with all my might.

I would ditch school if my CD was scratched up or I couldn't get batteries. I wasn't trying to get on the bus and not be listening to music.

It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.

I have an Instagram [account] but I don't feel a lot of love with it.

Don't take a job because your mother wants you to. Don't be a victim. You own your decision.

The whole idea is to earn the flavor. No one gives it to you.

I am single, I don't drink. It's kind of hard to get a woman buzzed when you don't drink. You'll be like, "Yeah, I'll have a glass of water, you want a shot of Jäger? You want eight of 'em?"

I've never met anyone that is their image.

I've told so many lies about my age I don't know how old I am myself.

Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.